Looking-glass.



G. L. WEBB.

Looms GLASS. I APPLICATION FILED M Afl.22, lQHQ 1,235, 1 73.. PatentedJuly 31, 1917.

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GEORGE L. WEBB, OF SPENCER, NORTH CAROLINA.

LOOKING-GLASS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 31, 1917.

Application filed March 22, 1917. Serial No. 156,673.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Gnonon L. WEBB, a citizen of the United States,residing at Spencer, in the county of Rowan and State of North Carolina,have invented a new and useful Looking-Glass, of which the following isa specification.

This, invention relates to amusement attachments for looking glasses.

The primary object of the invention is to provide a normally invisibleamusement attachment for looking glasses which may be made to appear atthe will of the operator.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, can be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings 2-- Figure 1 is a front view of the looking glass withthe cover removed to illustrate the amusement attachment in detail.

Fig. 2 is a similar view to Fig. 1 with the cover in place.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 designates a looking glass casing having a cover 2provided with an opening 3 above the looking glass 4. The walls of theopening are beveled as at 5. The looking glass casing 1 has a recess 6for the reception of the looking glass 4. An enlarged depression 7communicates with the opening 3 for the reception of an amusement device8 pivoted upon a pintle 9 car ried in the restricted portion or neck 10of the depression 7.

The amusement device 8 comprises a disk 11 secured upon the end of anarm 12 having an extension or manipulating finger 13 projecting throughthe neck 10 of the opening 7 and terminating exteriorly of the easingand adapted to be engaged by the finger of a person operating thedevice. A stop member 14 is engaged by a laterally extendsome caricatureor humorous saying before the vision of a person looking into thelooking glass 4.

What is claimed is 1. The combination with a looking glass, of a casingtherefor, and a member concealed within the casing and having charactersthereon to afford amusement, said member being movable to a positionacross the glass to expose said characters.

2. The combination with a looking glass, of a casing therefor, a memberconcealed within the casing and having characters thereon to affordamusement, said member being movable to a position across the glass toexpose said characters, and an arm for moving said member.

3. The combination with a looking glass, of a casing therefor, a diskconcealed within the casing and having characters thereon to affordamusement, said member being movable to a position across the glass toexpose said characters, an arm connected with said disk, and anextension upon said arm for engagement by the operators finger to movethe disk.

4. The combination with a looking glass, of a casing therefor, a disk,having characters thereon to afford amusement, said casing beingprovided with means for concealing said disk, said disk being movablefrom within said concealing means to a position across the glass toexpose said characters, means for limiting the movement of the disk, anarm connected to said disk, and an extension upon said arm forengagement by the operators finger to move the disk.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE L. WEBB.

Witnesses:

S. T. TREXLER, C. S. BROWN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of latents, Washington, D. C.

